Clothes-line support.



M. SOLDIER. CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1914.

1,130,033, Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Mic/we) SoJdzen IlIICHAEL SOLDIER, 0F GILLESPIE, ILLINOIS CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar 9 .915.

Application filed July 25, 1914. Serial No. 853,189.

1'0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, l\ l ,ll.\ll)1 Sonnrnn, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Gillespie, in the county of hiacoupin and S'Zate of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being ha d to the accompanyin drawn V forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in clothes-line supports; and it con sists in the novel features of construction more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is :1 side elevation of two of my srqvports properly positioned, with a clothes-line stretched between them; Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the inven tion with parts broken. sway; Fig. l is an elevation (with parts broken away) projected from Fig. 3 and at right angles thereto; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the invention. (partly broken away) looking (ill the opposite sideto that shown in Fig. 3.

The object of my invention is to provide a support for clothes-lines and. the like, which is capable of ve cal adjustment, thereby regulating the height of the line and abolishing the of poles or props; one. in the use of which, the slack of the line may be taken up as the line is raised; one whereby the line. may he made tout at any height; and one possessing other advantages more apparent from a. detailed iies'ription of the invention, which as. follows:

lclerring to the drawings, L represents a clothes-line composed of a. series of wires (or ropes) a, a, a, seemed to terminal crosspieces i), Z). The middle wire 0, extends on either side of the on pieces 1 e, and the extensions (1', a, of said middle wire a pass over pulleys 1, l, the lower terminals of said extensions being fnst rn-il to l cured in hollow vertical sin. standards 2, 2, which are lllilii.i"tll in con struction, are (Illiliililtfl a sulih ,cnt distance ,round to make them rigid, and are provirmzi with bases. 3, 3, to hold them more ii 'mly.

Passing through the hollow standard or pipe 2 is a rackm lill it'll to he engaged hy a drivingpinion 5 which projects throughp opening 7 in the slzuulard 2. The pinion 5 is inounteil on a shaft (3 which,

in turn, is mounted in the casing 7 inclosing the pinion The said casing is su1tably secured to the standard and serves to protect the pinion from dust and grit as Well as being a safeguard to the operator. Mounted on one end of the shaft 6 is a crankhandle 8, while the opposite end has a ratchet 9 mounted on it outside the casing 7. A gravity pawl 10 is mounted on the side of the casing 7 so as to engagethe ratchet 9, thereby holding, the same against turning in one direction. Thus when the rack-bar 4 is raised, it is locked by the pawl against descending, since the pinion 5 which supports the rackbar is held against movement, said pinion and the ratchet 9 being both keyed to the shaft 6. However, in raising the rack-bar the ratchet teeth are free to pass over the pawl 10. It is obvious that the pawl .10 would have to be held out of engagement with the ratchet 9 when it is desired to again lower the rack-bar. The pullev I, mentioned above, is mounted on a pin between the forks m, m, at the upper end of the rack-be,

The stretching of the line may be accomplished by securin the tern'iinals of the wires (1., a, to the hooks /z., Ir, then passing said wires or extensions (1' over the pulleys l, 1, leaving sui'licicnt slack in the Wires (1 however, to permit. the line to be raised to the desired height (Fig. 1, lower dotted line). The cranks 8, 8, are then turned in the direction of the arrows (Fig. l) and the rock-liars 4, 4, raised to the desired height (full lines, Fig". 1).

It will be obvious that when the lines (7, a, a, are slnck and in their lowermost or depressed position, the rnck-bnrs4 with their terminal pulleys l are likewise in their deressoil position. if now the operator raises the rzurk bnrs, a tension will be imposed on the i-xicnsio a, the latter in turn pulling on the cross-bars I), and these in turn exert a. tension on the lines (,4, thus stretching the latter and maintaining them taut.

In l eu of passing the line L over the pulleys l. hooks h, 71 may be placed on the raclobars l. and a line L initially stretched between said hooks (upper dotted line, Fig. 1).

ll'oving described claim 1. In Combination with a clotheslinc, a pair of staiulards spaced apart to which the ends of the line are fastened, a. member my invention, I

mounted on each standard and adjustable along the same for lengthening or shortening the available height of said standard, the upper end of each member engaging the line at points adjacent the fixed ends of the line, and means for locking the member in any of its adjusted positions, the line being raised and lowered parallel to itself with the vertical movements of the members aforesaid.

2. In a clothes-line support, the combination with a clothes-line, a suitable hollow support therefor, a rack-bar traversing said support, a casing secured to said support, a pinion mounted in said casing, means for actuating said pinion, said pinion projecting through an opening in said support and meshing with the teet of said rack-bar, a

pulley mounted on the upper end of said rank-bar over which said clothes-line passes,

ards pu le s at the upper ends of said bars,

a serles 0 lines coupled to terminal crossbars, one of said-lines being extended be yond said cross-bars and having its terminals secured to the hollow standards, the

said extensions passing over the pulleys aforesaid, and means on the standards for locking the bars in any elevated position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL SOLDIER. Witnesses:

Ema STZREK, ELSE M. SIEGEL. 

